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The role of social media in higher education classes (real and virtual) – A literature review
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This paper summarizes the scholarly writings as well as reviews the findings of empirical investigations on the utility and effectiveness of social media in the higher education class and discusses some limitations.About:
This article is published in Computers in Human Behavior.The article was published on 2013-09-01. It has received 792 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social media & Social media optimization.read more
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Global South teacher educators in digital landscape: implications on professional learning
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored Pakistani and Bhutanese teacher educators' digital competences about the use of social media, digital resources and professional online communities and implications of this on professional learning.
Adjunct socialization with social media: The Moodle Socialwall format
TL;DR: Wicks et al. as mentioned in this paper explored social media as a low-cost solution for the socialization of adjunct faculty, specifically in the form of a new plug-in for Moodle, and 77 community college adjunct faculty members took part in a randomized, pre-test post-test control group design intervention with the new Moodle Socialwall format.
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The Role of Social Media Marketing Activities on International Students’ Brand Preference: A Study on English-Speaking Universities of Germany
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the influence of social media marketing activities on brand preference by focussing on mediation influence of brand recognisability and the moderator influence of Brand Signature in higher education institutions in Germany.
A Murky Business: The Ethics of Conducting Educational Research in Facebook Groups
TL;DR: Coughlan and Perryman as discussed by the authors investigated the ethical challenges of studying social network activity in an educational context, focusing on the ethical challenge of researching within Facebook, a topic that receives little attention.
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Impact of Covid-19 on Education
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors investigate students' opinions for virtual classes focusing on their learning and behaviour during COVID-19 and validate this study through the student satisfaction survey involving directly students from different institutions.
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Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation
Jeanne Lave,Etienne Wenger +1 more
TL;DR: This work has shown that legitimate peripheral participation in communities of practice is not confined to midwives, tailors, quartermasters, butchers, non-drinking alcoholics and the like.
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Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship
danah boyd,Nicole B. Ellison +1 more
TL;DR: This publication contains reprint articles for which IEEE does not hold copyright and which are likely to be copyrighted.
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Users of the world, unite! The challenges and opportunities of Social Media
TL;DR: A classification of Social Media is provided which groups applications currently subsumed under the generalized term into more specific categories by characteristic: collaborative projects, blogs, content communities, social networking sites, virtual game worlds, and virtual social worlds.
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The Benefits of Facebook “Friends:” Social Capital and College Students’ Use of Online Social Network Sites
TL;DR: Facebook usage was found to interact with measures of psychological well-being, suggesting that it might provide greater benefits for users experiencing low self-esteem and low life satisfaction.